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Gaming News #15

22 August 2026

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FromSoftware Scraps The Duskbloods' First Network Test After a Server Meltdown

FromSoftware canceled the opening session of The Duskbloods' first closed network test on August 21 after roughly two hours of failed logins and connection errors. The Duskbloods is FromSoftware's Switch 2 exclusive, an 8-player online game in the studio's Bloodborne-adjacent gothic style. The test was scheduled across five time slots through August 23. The studio apologized and said it would work on the servers before the remaining sessions.

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Discussion Topics

  1. Broken network test: red flag for launch, or the normal cost of stress-testing?
  2. Can a Switch 2 exclusive multiplayer game survive a rough first impression?
  3. Is FromSoftware built to run live online servers, or is this outside their wheelhouse?
  4. Did you get in for a later slot, and did it actually work?